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Q510932
Sign in to saveAlso known as New General Catalogue 83, UGC 206, MCG 4-2-5, ZWG 479.8, PGC 1371
elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
Key facts
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Right ascension
- 00 21 22.399
- Declination
- +22 ° 26 ′ 01.11 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 6,150 ± 16 km/s
- Distance
- 289.42 ± 25.92 Mly (88.736 ± 7.948 Mpc )
- Type
- E
- Size
- 138,400 ly (42.42 kpc )
- Apparent size v
- 1.5′ × 1.5′
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 83 is an elliptical galaxy estimated to be about 260 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 17 August 1828, and its apparent magnitude is 14.2.
Supernovae
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